ICCPR Cardiovascular Rehabilitation Foundations Certification (ICCPR CRFC)
The goal of the ICCPR CRFC program is to augment capacity for CR delivery around the globe. This course educates individuals on how to deliver all the core CR components, in accordance with ICCPR’s consensus statement on CR delivery in low-resource settings. The aim is to recognize healthcare professionals from multiple disciplines who have achieved competence in the foundations of CR delivery and are committed to the basic CR practice standards espoused in the component modules. Graduates will be equipped to deliver basic preventive and rehabilitation services for cardiovascular diseases in the settings in which they work. This program will provide learners with the cognitive knowledge to deliver CR, but technical and clinical skills should be developed in the home setting.
There is a Chinese version of the course available here: http://xklmchina.com/category/295.html
Click here for more information and to enrol in this program
While the CRFC module content is only available in English on our site at this time (translation an option if many learners request it), you can use the free Google Translate feature in Chrome to translate the exam to your first language, as per the below screenshot.
For more information, contact iccprcrfc@gmail.com. Additional module requests, in any language, are invited, through following our policy.
Click here to watch an overview video describing the CRFC designation and how to apply. See here a video describing the basis for the certification, its’ evaluation as well as a testimonial from a CRFC learner. And in the following links you can see an excerpt or summary of some CRFC modules:
This certification has been accredited for 8 ACSM credits.
The American College of Sports Medicine’s Professional Education Committee certifies that “International Council of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation” meets the criteria for official ACSM Approved Provider status from 2020 – December 2023. Approved Providers and their content reflect the concepts of their respective organizations and do not necessarily represent the positions or policies of ACSM. Providership #867154. Link
No content or images within the certification program are to be copied or
reprinted without express written permission from ICCPR.
The following individuals have earned the ICCPR CRFC designation:
AA Ayu Dwi Adelia Yasmin (Indonesia)
Abdul Hayee (Pakistan)
Abhisha Patel (USA / India)
Abrar Hussain (Canada)
Adan Shabbir Ali Qazi (Pakistan)
Ahmad Salman (Kuwait)
Akhila Satyamurthy (India)
Alisha Sidhu (Canada)
Alishiya Bhuvanaraj (Canada)
Aleksandra Nikolovski (Canada)
Alex René LeBlanc (Canada)
Alexander Gouvis (Canada)
Allyssa Clemeno (Canada)
Amandeep Singh (Canada)
Amanpreet Sandhu (Canada)
Amar Rana (Nepal)
Amber Stang (Canada)
Anam Sherwani (Canada)
Ana Paula Delgado Bomtempo Batalha (Brazil)
Aneri Dipak Patel (India)
Andrea Peattie (Australia)
Anjali Pramod Zende (India)
Ankita Deodhar (India)
Anna Salova (Canada)
Arshdeep Kaur Sekhon (Canada)
Arya Sehat-Pour (Canada)
Ashan Wijekoon (Sri Lanka)
Ashley Lowe (Canada)
Athusa Sriskandaraj (Canada)
Bahar Akbarloyshabgahi (Canada)
Be Kim Leong (Malaysia)
Bea Marie Capistrano (Canada)
Bhahavi Kuganeswaran (Canada)
Bhavna Singh (Canada)
Brendan James (Australia)
Bruce Moran (Canada)
Carley Stewart (Canada)
Carol Tran (Canada)
Cassandra Schlosser (Canada)
Celeste Shirley (Canada)
Chris Cheng (Canada)
Christopher Long (Australia)
Cindy Lim (Singapore)
Clara Baker (Canada)
Clarise Lim (Canada)
Cole Gunderson (Canada)
Colette De Villiers (South Africa)
Connie Tou (Canada)
Danish Narula (Canada)
Dawson Peres (Canada)
Dayna Essue (Canada)
Deepak Annaji Rao (India)
Diana Alonzi (Canada)
Dianne Melissa Mullins (Australia)
Disha Pujary (India)
Dhatri Shukla (Canada)
Dmitri Meylo Smith (Canada)
Dolev Yissar (Canada)
Dylan Chipperfield (Canada)
Ebone Maurisa Symone Davis (Canada)
Eduardo Hernandez (Canada)
Ellana Eadie (Canada)
Ellie Strahley (Australia)
Eman Sahir (Canada)
Emilia Degutis (Canada)
Emily Maher (Australia)
Erica Molella (Canada)
Erum Abbas (Pakistan)
Esha Arora (Malaysia)
Eugene Lee (Canada)
Evangelos Dalianis (UK)
Ezra Hoffer (Canada)
Faizan Aslam (Canada)
Fan Xiaomian (China)
Ferit Böyük (Turkey)
Filip Dosbaba (Czech Republic)
Fiorella Heald (Indonesia)
Gabriela Melo Ghisi (Brazil/Canada)
Gagandev Sidhu (Canada)
Gajani Baskaranathan (Canada)
Gigi Mathew (Qatar)
Glenn Curry (USA)
Gurkaran Banga (Canada)
Gurpreet Pannu (Canada)
Hailey Malkin (Canada)
Halima Abubakar (Canada)
Hamidreza Roohaza (Iran)
Hari Hendriarti Satoto (Indonesia)
Harshavardhan Guruprasad (Canada)
Heather Payette (Canada)
Henita Menezes (India)
Hifsah Malik (Canada)
Hila Sara Broshi (Canada)
Hyungmin Kim (South Korea)
Ibrahim Mehmood (Canada)
Iulia Soerensen (Canada)
Jacqueline Hol (Curaçao)
Jacob Ethan Foye (United States)
Jagitha Pathmanathan (Canada)
Jamila Ninche (Canada)
Jashan Mann (Canada)
Jaskirat Pandher (Canada)
Jaskaranjit Chhoker (Canada)
Jason James (Canada)
Jason Ngai (Canada)
Javian Hyman (Canada)
Jawaher Al Hakeem (Canada)
Jayestha Dipeshkumar Amin (Canada)
Jennifer Anne Bondoc (Qatar/Philippines)
Jennifer De La Franier (Canada)
Jennifer Ruland (Canada)
Jinmy Iglesias Paredes (Canada)
Jithmi Samarakoon (Sri Lanka)
Jo-Anne Harvey (Australia)
John Paul De Leon (Philippines)
John Viernes (Canada)
Jonathan Gallagher (Ireland)
Jorge Antonio Lara Vargas (Mexico)
Joyce Yii Li Tan (Australia)
Julie Ann M. Ureta (Qatar/Philippines)
Jungin Kim (Canada)
Junneshwar Bidve (India)
Jyothi Nayak (India)
Karanvir Panesar (Canada)
Karissa Stephens (Canada)
Kathryn Tonini (Australia)
Kaye Arrojo Lariego (Qatar)
Kavinayaa Parameswaran (Canada)
Kaitlyn Anderson (Canada)
Keith Wu (Canada)
Kevin Cheung Sze-keung (Hong Kong)
Kevin Dass (Canada)
Kevin Yoon (Canada)
Khalid Al-Rubeaan (Saudi Arabia)
Khushboo Bhatt (India)
Khyati Kothary (India)
Kiavash Poostforoosh Bataghva (Canada)
Kiran Amir Ali Ali (Pakistan)
Kirsty Moffett (New Zealand)
Komail Abbasali (Canada)
Khushboo Mukeshbhai Bhatt (India)
Kyla Layton (Canada)
Ladislav Batalik (Czech Republic)
Laibah Hassan (Canada)
Lakshman Lal Suthar (Canada)
Laura Touhey (Canada)
Lauren Elizabeth Bizzari (United States of America)
Lauren Petroff (Canada)
Lauren Sibbald (Canada)
Liang Jianying (China)
Lindsay Churcher (Canada)
Luca Cardilli (United Kingdom)
Luka Koprivica (Canada)
Lyanne Carruthers (Canada)
Lydia Dagnachew (Canada)
Mackenzie da Costa (India)
Ma. Katrina Lariego (Qatar/Philippines)
Manori Jayawardena (Sri Lanka)
Marilou Sarrazin (Canada)
Marina Shaker (Canada)
Marinka Suijker (Netherlands)
Mariya Prakash Jiandani (India)
Mark Gerges (Canada)
Martje van Niejenhuis (Curaçao)
Marvelous Agbonwaneten (Canada)
Mary Angel Kaye Conje (Canada)
Maryam Nihal (Canada)
Maryse Boulay (Canada)
Masoumeh Sadeghi (Iran)
Matthew Awadella (Canada)
Mega Febrianora (Indonesia)
Mehreen Bilal (Canada)
Meilin Fu (Canada)
Menandro Mahinay (Qatar/Philippines)
Meredith Morphis Usrey (United States of America)
Michelle Tran (Canada)
Michelle Molubi (Canada)
Minfang Yang (Canada)
Mitra Esmaili (Canada)
Miwand Bakhtari (Canada)
Mohamad Azwan Aziz (Malaysia)
Mohammad Mehdi Hadavi (Iran)
Mohammed Al Muzaini (Saudi Arabia)
Mohiul Chowdhury (Canada)
Muhammad Bilal (Canada)
Myat Bhone Aung (Myanmar)
Nadia Ebrahimi (Canada)
Nadiya Mansuri (Canada)
Nafeez Syed (Canada)
Najeeb Wahab (Canada)
Nancy Sicilia Lampus (Indonesia)
Narasimman Swaminathan (India)
Narayan Subedi (Nepal)
Nasim Saba (Canada)
Natalie Wong (Canada)
Natasha Tai (Canada)
Nermin Al Hakeem (Canada)
Nicole Balian (Canada)
Nidhi Govind Ladha (India)
Nina Govaert (Canada)
Niramayee Prabhu (India)
Noemi De La Rosa (Qatar/Philippines)
Olga Gostioujeva (Canada)
Oscar Ovalle (Chile)
Palav Bhargava (Canada)
Parthasarathi Thangaraj (Qatar/India)
Peilin Chen (Canada)
Peggy (Indonesia) *no last name
Prajakta Tilaye (India)
Prasobh Jacob (India)
Praveen Jayaprabha Surendran (Qatar)
Priya Antony Mariaraj (Qatar/India)
Priya Chockalingam (India)
Pui Yee Chan (Malaysia)
Quratulain Mohtasim (Pakistan)
Rachael Daniel (Canada)
Rajeshwari Jayaraman (India)
Rakhi Singh Thakur (Qatar)
Ramtin Hashemi Pour (Canada)
Rana Ahmad Zia (Canada)
Rashi Ravindra Khankal (India)
Reena Annirood (Canada)
Robert John Lim Garcia (Qatar)
Rochelle Bonsu (Canada)
Ronamae Caqpulong (Canada)
Ruth Coleman (Ireland)
Ruth Hopkins (Canada)
Ryan Oliver Galvez (Qatar/Philippines)
Ryan Sweeney (Canada)
Saadia Perwaiz (Pakistan)
Saba Dokouhaki (Canada)
Sabira Janmohamed (Canada)
Sahar Amir (Canada)
Saleha Shan (Pakistan)
Samantha Belanger (Canada)
Sampath Kumar Amaravadi (India / United Arab Emirates)
Sana Salim (Pakistan)
Sanjith Gabriel (India)
Sara Mesfin (Canada)
Sara Michelle Fraser (Australia)
Sarah Omar (Canada)
Sarah Pauline Tran (Canada)
Sasikala Natarajan (Qatar/India)
Seyed Amir Mohammad Lajevardi (Canada)
Shabana Patel (Canada)
Shahab Entezami (Canada)
Shahriar Shiva (Canada)
Shams Al-Shareefi (Canada)
Sharehan Qwader (Qatar)
Sharon Curtis (Canada)
Shakiba Kamali (Canada)
Sherin Anton (Canada)
Sherry Grace (Canada)
Shilpa Babu Mathew (Qatar)
Shira Rom (Canada)
Shraddha Shah (India)
Shruti Atul Chaudhari (India)
Shumin Feng (Singapore)
Shweta Manwadkar (India)
Sidra Farooq (Pakistan)
Simplice Gibuin Ngatchou (Cameroon)
Son Ian Lam (Canada)
Spyridoula Skondriani (Greece)
Sreeraj Sasidharan (India/United Arab Emirates)
Stacey Choy (China)
Stefania Tersigni (Canada)
Stephanie Guay (Canada)
Stephanie Irwin (Australia)Sue Faludi (Canada)
Sumira Malik (Canada)
Sukhpreet Singh (Canada)
Tania Allahdadi Sany (Canada)
Taslima Mamataz (Bangladesh/Canada)
Thomas Wallace (Australia)
Thuvaraka Senathirajah (Canada)
Tirazheh Sabouri-Yazdi (Canada)
Tom Jose E.J. (United Arab Emirates)
Umbreen Azhar (Pakistan)
Vaishanav Natarajan (India)
Vaizhaly Ravindran (Canada)
Victoria Zaffino (Canada)
Viraj Tamakuwala (Canada)
Walimuni Abeysekera (Sri Lanka)
Wanda Cocchetto (Canada)
William Alexander Nanda (India)
Won-Kee Chang (South Korea)
Won-Seok Kim (South Korea)
Wsam Mohamed Rafat Ismail (Saudi Arabia)
Xinying Yang (Canada)
Yashar Shalehchi (Canada)
Yazan Hasan Albadwan (Qatar)
Yuliya Yatskiv (Canada)
Zahra Davoodi (Canada)
Zahra Malik (Canada)
Zakiya Tavernier (Canada)
Zarifa Kamilova (Azerbaijan)
Zhengnan Mai (Canada)
The ICCPR entered into a partnership with USV Pvt Ltd, Mumbai, which is a prominent pharmaceutical house with a focus on promoting medical education.
USV Pvt Ltd enrolled almost 1,000 healthcare professionals (primarily cardiologists) across India to take the CRFC certification. In 2018, the cardiologists completed one module per month, followed by the online exam.
The content of each module was valued by the Indian cardiologists. The CRFC course will enhance the practice of preventive cardiology in India.
The CRFC is overseen by a working group of ICCPR. Their terms of reference can be found here.
First Name |
Last Name |
Country |
Expertise / Module Lead |
Role |
Rebecca |
Liang |
Toronto, Canada |
nutrition |
member |
Narasimman |
Swaminathan |
Chennai, India |
exercise |
member |
John |
Buckley |
UK |
alternative settings |
member |
Aashish |
Contractor |
Mumbai, India |
medical risk factor mgmt.. |
chair |
Tee-Joo |
Yeo |
Singapore |
Medical risk factor management |
2nd module SME |
Kevin Cheung |
Sze-Keung |
Hong Kong |
assessment |
member |
Yu |
Fan |
China |
n/a |
Chinese CRFC rep |
Gabriela |
Ghisi |
Brazil/Canada |
pt. education |
member |
Sherry |
Grace |
Toronto, Canada |
Psychosocial |
vice |
Diann |
Gaalema |
Vermont, US |
Tobacco cessation |
member |
Carley |
Stewart |
Toronto, Canada |
n/a |
Secretary |
About the associationThe International Council of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation (ICCPR) was created in 2010 to bring together associations dedicated to the promotion of cardiovascular disease prevention and cardiac rehabilitation globally. Named Board member from each associations serve on our Council, which meets quarterly. ICCPR is an Associate International Member of the World Heart Federation. |
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